60NYT > Phylicia Rashadtopics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/phylicia_rashad/index.html?inline=nyt-perNews about Phylicia Rashad, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.Copyright 2014 The New York Times Companyen-usTue 03 Mar 2015 16:20:16 -0500http://static01.nyt.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gifNYThttp://www.nytimes.comKanye West Is a Visionary, and He Has a B.E.T. Award to Prove Ithttp://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/kanye-west-is-a-visionary-and-he-has-an-b-e-t-award-to-prove-it/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/kanye-west-is-a-visionary-and-he-has-an-b-e-t-award-to-prove-it/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/01/26/arts/kanye-arts/kanye-arts-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>Mr. West was among those given B.E.T. Honors this weekend. Other award winners included Usher and Phylicia Rashad.By JADA SMITHMon, 26 Jan 2015 09:36:20 -0500http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/kanye-west-is-a-visionary-and-he-has-an-b-e-t-award-to-prove-it/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssPhylicia Rashad Defends Cosby, Saying 'Forget' His Accusershttp://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/phylicia-rashad-defends-cosby-saying-forget-his-accusers/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssPhylicia Rashad, who played Bill Cosby’s wife on two sitcoms, defends him against accusations of sexual assault.By LORNE MANLYWed, 07 Jan 2015 11:26:09 -0500http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/phylicia-rashad-defends-cosby-saying-forget-his-accusers/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssWhy ‘The Cosby Show’ Still Mattershttp://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/why-the-cosby-show-still-matters/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/why-the-cosby-show-still-matters/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/09/23/opinion/nyto-cosby/nyto-cosby-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>Three decades after their NBC debut, the Huxtables remain one of the most beloved — and politically effective — sitcom families in television history.By JAKE FLANAGINWed, 24 Sep 2014 06:18:14 -0400http://op-talk.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/why-the-cosby-show-still-matters/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssA Fearsome Portrayal of a Powerful, Angry Manhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/nyregion/a-review-of-fences-at-mccarter-theater-center-in-princeton.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/nyregion/a-review-of-fences-at-mccarter-theater-center-in-princeton.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/01/26/nyregion/26ARTSNJ1_SPAN/26ARTSNJ1_SPAN-thumbStandard-v2.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>August Wilson’s “Fences” explores the passions and problems of masculinity and the tension between a father and his sons.By KEN JAWOROWSKISun, 26 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/nyregion/a-review-of-fences-at-mccarter-theater-center-in-princeton.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssAn Actress in a Different Take-Charge Rolehttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/nyregion/phylicia-rashad-directs-august-wilsons-fences.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/nyregion/phylicia-rashad-directs-august-wilsons-fences.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2013/12/08/nyregion/08ARTSCT2_SPAN/08ARTSCT2_SPAN-thumbStandard-v2.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>Phylicia Rashad, who played Clair Huxtable in “The Cosby Show,” said she liked being a director because she can “hold a vision and galvanize all of the creative energies involved.”By ANITA GATESSun, 08 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/nyregion/phylicia-rashad-directs-august-wilsons-fences.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssRace, Family and Pride in a Revived ‘Raisin’http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/nyregion/a-review-of-a-raisin-in-the-sun-at-the-westport-country-playhouse.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/nyregion/a-review-of-a-raisin-in-the-sun-at-the-westport-country-playhouse.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/10/21/nyregion/21ARTSCT2_SPAN/21ARTSCT2_SPAN-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>Phylicia Rashad and the cast she directs have superlative material to work with, but they find new richness in the relationships and individual hearts of the Younger family in “A Raisin in the Sun.”By ANITA GATESSun, 21 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/nyregion/a-review-of-a-raisin-in-the-sun-at-the-westport-country-playhouse.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssRedefining Southern Women With Spinehttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/arts/television/kenny-leon-directs-a-new-steel-magnolias-for-lifetime.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/arts/television/kenny-leon-directs-a-new-steel-magnolias-for-lifetime.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/09/30/arts/30STEEL1_SPAN/30STEEL1-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>For a Lifetime movie, a Broadway director reconfigures a 1989 film weepie with a black ensemble.By FELICIA R. LEESun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/arts/television/kenny-leon-directs-a-new-steel-magnolias-for-lifetime.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssPrize for Phylicia Rashadhttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E3D71330F93BA35751C0A9679D8B63?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssPhylicia Rashad will receive the lifetime achievement award at the 19th annual Pan African Film Festival, officials said on Monday. The festival, which will take place in Los Angeles Feb. 16 to 23, showcases films by and about people from the African...By FELICIA R. LEETue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E3D71330F93BA35751C0A9679D8B63?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssPrize for Phylicia Rashadhttp://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/prize-for-phylicia-rashad/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssPhylicia Rashad will receive the lifetime achievement award at the 19th annual Pan African Film Festival.By FELICIA R. LEEMon, 07 Feb 2011 15:00:21 -0500http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/prize-for-phylicia-rashad/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssA Powerful Chorus Harmonizing ‘Dark Phrases of Womanhood’http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/movies/05for.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/movies/05for.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2010/11/05/arts/05FOR-span/FOR-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>With “For Colored Girls” Tyler Perry works very hard and gets it mostly right.By MANOHLA DARGISFri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/movies/05for.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss